I noticed Stainless Steel Flatwear on the homepage today, and I thought I would ask if this has happened to anybody.
I began my married life with a set of 12 placesettings of Oneida SS flatwear. Nineteen years of marriage and 2 kids (under age 11) later, I'm left with this:
12 knives
10 large spoons
8 large forks
9 teaspoons
6 small forks
Now how does that happen???
I guess a few could have sneaked off with packed lunches. I know the sink drain does not allow any cutlery to pass down through the holes, and I seriously doubt the dishwasher ate the missing pieces. I have a theory that paper napkins somehow play a role, in that the used napkins are laid across leftovers on the plate, and DH likely just tips the lot into the garbage bin without either looking for a hidden utensil or responding to the sound of a clunk or thud it might make upon landing. (I always look under the paper napkin. He's insulted I could suggest he may be involved at all, lol)
Has this happened to you? I keep ranting we are going to adopt a weekly cutlery count if I ever get around to that day when I replace the entire set. It will happen on the evening before garbage day.
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Now I know where that missing spoon has gone -- it's partying it up with my missing socks!!
I have no idea how I lost a spoon, but I suspect it has something to do with all the non-matching spoons being dirty and having to bring a spoon from the matching set to work for my breakfast....
(too funny!)
I think she tolerates me. I did give birth to her gorgeous grandaughter, after all. Besides, it's not sharp enough to do any real damage!
I sure hope she likes you! If she doesn't, I'd feel a lot better had it been a teaspoon.
(just kidding)
My MIL was over for supper one nigt and a knife went missing. We looked in the garbage - no luck. It's a big joke now that she is some kind of kleptomaniac! I think Elise is right! They're all out there somewhere...
I think you may be right on that one!
I think the spoons run off with the missing socks.
Just who will do the hunt through the garbage when a piece of the new set goes missing remains to be seen. Maybe I'll volunteer to do it the first time, just to see if I'm right about it getting thrown in the garbage.
(but yuck!)
in fact after parties or big family dinners we are forbidden to throw anything out ( at my moms) she has a large bin ( like those in restaurants) where we clean off all the plates to...you would not believe how many times she has taken count only to find we've thrown them out....so easy to lose- along with sink strainers:)